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by rocafan on 9/15/2005 10:54:00 AM

Kanye Tour Dates

Source:allhiphop.com

*Guess he scrapped the tour with Young Jeezy....they defintely are really different rappers, that woulda been weird. I'm still hating that he's not coming to raleigh, but I'm gonna see what I can do about Greensboro. I did it for Jay so I guess I can do it for Ye. Maybe I'll get lucky like I did last time and get to go to two shows....maybe.

Kanye West has tapped an all-star cast for his “Touch the Sky” tour, which comes on the heels of his #1 sophomore Roc-A-Fella Records release, Late Registration.

Keyshia Cole, Fantasia and rapper Common will join Kanye on the tour, which is being sponsored by Verizon.

"Performing live is the reason why we make this music, spend so much time and thought and craft on it," West said. "It's never been about the critics or the album sales. It's about the fans, and I love having the opportunity to bring this music - that I've poured my heart and soul into - to them.”

West has critics. The rapper came under fire in various media outlets after his recent comments that “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on a nationally televised NBC telethon.

The comments prompted a national debate on race and the President's handling of Hurricane Katrina and drew a response from First Lady Laura Bush, who branded the comments "disgusting."

West also has fans. His new album Late Registration debuted at #1 last week and sold over 860,000 copies in the first week of its release, making it the biggest opening release in Def Jam’s history.

West’s second single “Gold Digger” recently hit #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100, the Chicago native's first #1 single since “Slow Jamz” with fellow Chicago rapper, Twista.

“I think about how audiences are going to respond to hooks and intros and certain lines when I'm in the studio recording,” West said. “Bringing these songs to the stage is the ultimate fulfillment of the creative process."

The tour kicks off October 11 in Miami, Florida and winds down in Vancouver, Canada.